LAN Contract Job Trends in Leeds

Local Area Network (LAN)
West Yorkshire > Leeds

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in Leeds requiring LAN skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 7 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
7 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 75 55 69
Rank change year-on-year -20 +14 +20
Contract jobs citing LAN 4 7 9
As % of all contract jobs in Leeds 0.55% 1.06% 0.90%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 4.65% 12.07% 9.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 4 9
10th Percentile - £246 £363
25th Percentile £213 £281 £375
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £225 £325 £450
Median % change year-on-year -30.77% -27.78% +12.50%
75th Percentile £288 £380 £575
90th Percentile £379 £433 £586
West Yorkshire median daily rate £225 £300 £450
% change year-on-year -25.00% -33.33% +12.50%

All Communications and Computer Networking Skills
Leeds

LAN falls under the Communications and Computer Networking category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring communications or computer networking skills in Leeds.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for communications or computer networking skills 86 58 100
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds 11.88% 8.80% 9.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 57 37 88
10th Percentile £290 £192 £275
25th Percentile £378 £410 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £488 £500 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.50% +2.56% +8.33%
75th Percentile £506 £550 £588
90th Percentile £550 £650 £700
West Yorkshire median daily rate £478 £488 £488
% change year-on-year -2.05% - +14.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Median hourly rate - £16.19 -
West Yorkshire median hourly rate £50.00 £14.25 £17.35
% change year-on-year +251.00% -17.88% -65.31%

LAN
Job Vacancy Trend in Leeds

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing LAN relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in Leeds.

LAN job vacancy trend in Leeds

LAN
Daily Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing LAN.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing LAN

LAN
Daily Rate Histogram in Leeds

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing LAN in Leeds over the 6 months to 7 November 2025.

Daily rate histogram for LAN in Leeds

LAN
Hourly Rate Trend in Leeds

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing LAN.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in Leeds citing LAN

LAN
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Leeds by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Cloud Services
1 4 (100.00%) Azure
2 3 (75.00%) Entra ID
2 3 (75.00%) Microsoft 365
3 1 (25.00%) AWS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (100.00%) WAN
2 3 (75.00%) DHCP
2 3 (75.00%) DNS
2 3 (75.00%) TCP/IP
2 3 (75.00%) VoIP
3 1 (25.00%) BGP
3 1 (25.00%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (25.00%) EIGRP
3 1 (25.00%) Firewall
3 1 (25.00%) Network Security
3 1 (25.00%) OSPF
3 1 (25.00%) SD-WAN
3 1 (25.00%) VLAN
3 1 (25.00%) VPN
3 1 (25.00%) Wireless
General
1 1 (25.00%) Legal
1 1 (25.00%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support
1 3 (75.00%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) IT Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support
1 3 (75.00%) IT Support Engineer
1 3 (75.00%) Support Engineer
2 1 (25.00%) Network Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (75.00%) iPhone
2 1 (25.00%) Hybrid Cloud
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) Android
1 3 (75.00%) Windows
1 3 (75.00%) Windows 10
1 3 (75.00%) Windows Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) ITIL
1 3 (75.00%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 3 (75.00%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) CCNA
1 1 (25.00%) CCNP
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 3 (75.00%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 1 (25.00%) Cisco